Eden Park (first day of five; England won toss): New Zealand are 250 for one

Canny lad, that Kevin Pietersen. It would be possible, no doubt, to think of a
less pleasurable day to be an England fielder, but you would have to delve
deep into the archives to find one. Long stints in the field are something
that every cricketer must steel himself for, but it is a damn sight more
enjoyable when there is the threat, the possibility even, of wickets
falling.

Yesterday was not such a day. Instead, it was a chastening one for Alastair
Cook, whose decision to bowl first backfired in spectacular fashion, and for
England’s bowlers, who toiled through